Letters to the Editor
dendrio
Published Letters: 200 Editor's Choice: 27
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Geez, Ben:
[Read the article: Goodbye, Vickie Lynn]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For woman who was "loser, a lowlife, a douchebag," you sure do seem to know a lot about her, and not just biographical details but the actual legal issues surrounding her residence in the Bahamas! I mean, you seem to know stuff that only a dedicated fan would bother learning about.
Based on your posts, I'd say that you too are "a loser, a lowlife, a douchebag," which is why I'm surprised that you don't feel any solidarity or sympathy for her. Perhaps you're just upset that being a douchebag(in your parlance) got her rich while all it's gotten you is a shitty on-line persona. Or maybe it's because you don't have the big tits, killer bod, or gobs of cash that gives people a license for douchebaggery.
Frankly, the hate (disguised as moralizing) you feel for a dead model you never knew and who never did anything to you is a thousand times more pathetic than the misguided love of those who worship the cult of celebrity.
Then again, maybe the source of your bile is that, no matter how many suspiciously sticky letters you sent her, she never did do anything to you.
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Riffing on Locutus
[Read the article: Here we go again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They oughta call is LameGate, as in, why is the GOP so lame? Why do they continue to make lame attacks? Is there any issue on which the GOP isn't lame? Why is the media so lame as to play along? Etc. Etc.
In the end, though, the suffix -gate needs to be exorcised from the American political/reporting lexicon. It makes as much sense as to dub every scandal a SomethingGate as it would to call selling weapons to Iran to finance Contras the Teapot-Contra-Iran-Dome Scandal.
Of course, most newsitainment isn't about making sense but making bucks.
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RE: Consquences
[Read the article: Alberto Gonzales' coup d'etat]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]>So, does O'Neill still work for Specter?
Naw. He works for SPECTRE now. Ever notice the resemblence between Blofeld and Cheney? Not a coincidence.
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Just to Get Aesthetic About It
[Read the article: The Fix]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I gotta disagree w/ you Dave. I've found it to be predictable and cliched, two things that kill the very suspense so essential to a good espiogage drama. While some friends of mine who are big fans of show tell me that I really need to watch it from the start to understand it, I was able to understand it all too well, so well that I was "preciting" the dialogue of new shows.
But I won't hold it against you. I'm totally addicted to "Prison Break."
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Er...
[Read the article: Iran and Iraq, anonymously]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Salon Editors Ask: "Will the U.S. press remember the lessons of Iraq on the path to Iran?"
Last I saw, Salon was a member of the U.S. press. Where's your investigative piece on Iranian military meddling in Iraq? Where's your investigation of the evidence for Iran's alleged arms smuggling? Do you have anything to offer besides an half-assed analysis of the WP and NYT stories on the topic?
Perhaps I'm being unfair. After all, you don't have any reporters in Iraq. And you don't have any reporters with Pentagon sources. And you don't have any reporters, apparently, who are capable of going at and finding some sources. Hell, you really don't have reporters at all, at least not the type that gets up from his desk, runs downs leads, talks to people, and - er - REPORTS back with what he's found.
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Of SubGenii, Yetis, and Obama
[Read the article: How Obama learned to be a natural]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]cheeseblinder described this so-called news article as "noxious subgenius blather."
I say, please don't insult the good people of the Church of the SubGenius - the only organized religion honest enough to admit that they made it all up and that they're only in it for the money - by associating them with the style-over-substance reportage typified by this story.
What strikes me as odd is that the reporting on Obama in the press and here on Salon is focuses on his campaign style, neglecting the fact that he is a sitting Senator of the U.S. Congress for two years now. Surely an publication that prides itself on its "original reporting" could have a reporter do some digging on Obama the Senator as opposed to Obama the Candidate.
Praise Bob!
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cheesebinder:
[Read the article: How Obama learned to be a natural]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Apology accepted. I'll save you a seat on the flying saucer.
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An Article from Atlantic Monthly:
[Read the article: China's boom and doom]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703/fallows-zhang
And interesting look at one Chinese businessman and his views on economic growth, the environment, and airplanes.
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Heard Bobby Rush on the radio the Other Day...
[Read the article: How Obama learned to be a natural]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Rush basically said that Obama lost his earlier House race because the constituency of the Illinois 1st District thought Rush better represented them.
Then he said that the reason why Obama won his Senate race was because had to appeal to the constituency of the entire state of Illinois and not just the 1st District. Rush added that if he were to run for the Senate - against anybody - he would lose.
Finally, Rush said that all this talk about being Black or "Black enough" will be completely moot if Obama wins the Democratic nomination. He couldn't imagine a single Black person, including himself, who wouldn't vote for Obama in the general election because he wasn't "Black enough."
For my own part, I can't imagine any Liberal voting for a Republican, or just staying home come Nov. 4, 2008, because Obama has a big ego, or is smug, or wooden, or whatever.